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Fondul Proprietatea SA Semi-Annual Report for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021 This is a translation from the official Romanian version. Fondul Proprietatea SA Contents List of Abbreviations . 2 Overview . 3 Analysis of the Fund’s Activity . 6 Regulated Stock Market Trading. 6 Management and Governance of the Fund . 7 Performance Objectives. 8 GDR Facility. 9 2021 Special Dividend Distribution . 9 Investor Relations. 9 Buy-back Programmes. 10 General Shareholders Meeting Resolutions in the first six months of 2021. 13 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Fund’s Activity. 13 Regulatory Updates. 14 Portfolio Analysis and Financial Highlights . 17 NAV Methodology and NAV Evolution . 17 Investment Strategy and Portfolio Analysis . 18 Energy Sector Updates . 20 Update on the Largest 10 Portfolio Holdings . 22 Key Financial Highlights . 29 Risks and Uncertainties . 32 Financial Statements Analysis . 35 Subsequent Events . 39 Annexes Annex 1 Condensed Interim Financial Statements for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021, prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and applying the FSA Norm no. 39/ 2015, regarding the approval of the accounting regulations in accordance with IFRS, applicable to the entities authorised, regulated and supervised by the FSA – Financial Investments and Instruments Sector Annex 2 Statement of Assets and Obligations of Fondul Proprietatea SA as at 30 June 2021, prepared in accordance with CNVM Regulation 4/2010 (Annex no. 4) Annex 3 Statement of the persons responsible Fondul Proprietatea SA Semi-Annual Report for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021 1 Fondul Proprietatea SA List of Abbreviations AIF Alternative Investment Fund Romanian Law no. 243/2019 on the regulation of alternative investment funds and AIF Law amending and supplementing certain normative acts Regulation no. 7/2020 on the authorisation and function of alternative investment AIF Regulation funds, issued by the Financial Supervisory Authority AIFM Alternative Investment Fund Manager AIFM Directive Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers ANAR National Administration of Romanian Waters ANRE Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority ATS Alternative Trading System BVB Bucharest Stock Exchange CIVM Certification of registration of securities CNVM National Securities Commission (currently FSA) Companies’ Law Law 31/1990 regarding companies, with subsequent amendments Depozitarul Central SA Romanian Central Depositary ESEF European single electronic format ESG Environmental, Social and Governance EU European Union Fondul Proprietatea/ the Fund/ FP Fondul Proprietatea SA FSA Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority FTIS/ Alternative Investment Fund Franklin Templeton International Services S.à r.l. Manager/ Sole Director GDP Gross Domestic Product GDR Global Depositary Receipt GEO Government Emergency Ordinance GEO 114/29 December 2018 on the implementation of certain measures in the field of GEO 114/2018 public investments and of fiscal-budgetary measures and the amendment and completion of certain normative acts GEO 1/ 9 January 2020 regarding some fiscal-budgetary measures and the GEO 1/2020 amendment and completion of some normative acts GEO 70/ 14 May 2020 on the regulation of certain measures, starting with 15 May GEO 70/2020 2020, in the context of the epidemiological situation caused by the spread of SARS- CoV-2 coronavirus GEO 84/2021 GEO 84/ 5 August 2021 which brought modifications to GEO 70/2020 GSM General Shareholders Meeting IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards as endorsed by the European Union IPS Investment Policy Statement LSE London Stock Exchange NAV Net Asset Value PRIIPs Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products OGSM Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders REGS Main market (Regular) of Bucharest Stock Exchange RRR Regulatory Rate of Return Fondul Proprietatea SA Semi-Annual Report for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021 2 Fondul Proprietatea SA Overview Company Information Fondul Proprietatea was incorporated on 28 December 2005 as a joint stock company operating as a closed-end investment company. The Fund is registered with the Bucharest Trade Register under the number J40/21901/2005 and has the sole registration code 18253260. The Fund’s investment objective is the maximisation of returns to shareholders and the increase of the net asset value per share via investments mainly in Romanian equities and equity-linked securities. During the reporting period, the Fund was managed by FTIS as its Sole Director and AIFM under the AIFM Directive and local implementation regulations, based on the Management Agreement in force between 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2022. The portfolio management and the administrative activities are performed by FTIS via its Bucharest Branch. Since 25 January 2011, the Fund’s shares have been listed on BVB. Since 29 April 2015, the Fund’s GDRs issued by The Bank of New York Mellon as GDR Depositary, having the Fund’s shares as support, have been listed on the Specialist Fund Market of LSE. Share information Primary listing Bucharest Stock Exchange – since 25 January 2011 Secondary listing London Stock Exchange – since 29 April 2015 BVB symbol FP LSE symbol FP. Bloomberg ticker on BVB FP RO Bloomberg ticker on LSE FP/ LI Reuters ticker on BVB FP.BX Reuters ticker on LSE FPq.L ISIN ROFPTAACNOR5 FSA register no PJR09SIIR/400006/18.08.2010 LEI code 549300PVO1VWBFH3DO07 CIVM registration no AC-4522-6/14.10.2020 Source: Fondul Proprietatea Shareholder Information Shareholder Structure as at 30 June 20211 Shareholder categories % of subscribed % of paid-in share % of voting share capital capital rights2 Romanian institutional shareholders 32.58 34.31 39.68 Romanian private individuals 17.45 18.37 21.25 The Bank of New York Mellon (GDRs)3 15.99 16.84 19.45 Foreign institutional shareholders 13.12 13.82 15.98 Foreign private individuals 2.89 3.05 3.53 Romanian State represented by Ministry of Finance 5.14 0.10 0.11 Treasury shares4 12.83 13.51 - Source: Depozitarul Central SA As at 30 June 2021 the Fund had 8,928 shareholders and the total number of voting rights was 5,919,449,900. 1 Information provided based on settlement date of transactions 2 The unpaid shares of the Romanian State, represented by the Ministry of Finance, and the treasury shares held by FP were not taken into consideration at the calculation of the total number of voting rights 3 Fondul Proprietatea held 36,988 GDRs as at 30 June 2021 4 925,046,604 treasury shares out of which 797,961,287 treasury shares acquired in the eleventh buyback program and 127,085,317 treasury shares acquired in the twelfth buyback program (based on Depozitarul Central SA) Fondul Proprietatea SA Semi-Annual Report for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021 3 Fondul Proprietatea SA Largest Shareholders Latest ownership % of voting Shareholder disclosure rights NN Group 6 March 2020 10.01% Silver Point Capital Funds 4 May 2021 5.07% Allianz-Tiriac private pension funds 1 July 2019 5.05% Source: ownership disclosures submitted by shareholders Disclosure of holdings during the period According to the disclosure received by the Fund: AIO V (Ireland) Finance Designated Activity Company and AIO VI (Ireland) Finance Designated Activity Company held together, as of 27 April 2021, a number of 241,913,750 voting rights, representing 4.050% of the total number of voting rights in Fondul Proprietatea; Silver Point Luxembourg Platform S.a.r.l., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Offshore Master Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners, L.P. and Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners (Offshore), L.P. held together, as of 26 April 2021, a number of 302,600,000 voting rights, representing 5.07% of the total number of voting rights in Fondul Proprietatea. Share Capital Information Share capital information 30 June 2021 30 June 2020 31 December 2020 Issued share capital (RON) 3,749,282,292.08 3,959,264,762.44 3,749,282,292.08 Paid in share capital (RON) 3,560,099,870.08 3,770,082,340.44 3,560,099,870.08 Number of shares in issue 7,210,158,254 7,613,970,697 7,210,158,254 Number of paid shares 6,846,345,904 7,250,158,347 6,846,345,904 Nominal value per share (RON) 0.52 0.52 0.52 Source: Fondul Proprietatea Summary of Financial Results The following table shows a summary of the financial information of the Fund during the period: NAV* and share price developments** Notes H1 2021 H1 2020 YE 2020 Total shareholders’ equity at the end of the period (RON million) 11,428.7 10,141.4 10,266.9 Total shareholders’ equity change in period (%) +11.3% -14.6% -13.5% Total NAV at the end of the period (RON million) a 11,428.7 10,141.4 10,266.9 Total NAV change in period (%) +11.3% -14.6% -13.5% NAV per share at the end of the period (RON) a 1.9309 1.5622 1.6974 NAV per share at the end of the period (USD) a 0.4661 0.3613 0.4280 NAV per share change in the period (%) +13.8% -9.9% -2.1% NAV per share total return in the period (%) g +18.4% -5.9% +2.2% Share price as at the end of the period (RON) b 1.8500 1.2600 1.4500 Share price low in the period (RON) b 1.4400 0.9980 0.9980 Share price high in the period (RON) b 1.8600 1.3800 1.4500 Share price change in the period (%) +27.6% +4.1% +19.8% Share price total return in the period (%) h +32.9% +9.9% +26.4% Share price discount to NAV as at the end of the period (%) d -4.2% -19.3% -14.6% Average share price (discount) / premium in the period (%) d -4.2% -23.6% -21.1% Average